LANCASTER, PA – Jace Hunzinger and the Houghton Highlanders field hockey team kicked off the 2023 season with a bang, defeating the Lancaster Bible Chargers on Friday afternoon, 6-0.
 
Hunzinger, who last season earned All-Region honors after she tallied 32 points and tied for the NCAA Division 3 lead in assists-per-game (.90), scored one goal and dished out two assists, the first of which broke the Houghton career record (30).
 
Cate Westenberger scored twice, while five different Highlanders would find the back of the cage, and Annika Galen would stop the only two shots she faced for her first collegiate shutout.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 6 | Lancaster Bible – 0
Records: Houghton: 1-0 | Lancaster Bible: 0-1
Venue: Donald H. Funk Field, Lancaster Bible College | Attendance: 165

SCORING SUMMARY

Time	Team	Description
1:52		Cate Westenberger (1) Assisted By: Cedar Smith (1)
10:59		Jace Hunzinger (1)
28:05		Bekah Davie (1) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger (1)
34:57		Adria Hartzler (1) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger (2)
45:55		Sara Maines (1)
59:56		Cate Westenberger (2) Assisted By: Davannah Dunn (1)

NOTABLE STATS
>> Houghton's offense picked up on last season's pace.  In 2022 the Highlanders scored a program record 69 goals in 20 games (3.45 goals/game, also a program record).
 
>> Adria Hartzler posted her first collegiate goal in the 35^th minute, while Davannah Dunn collected her first collegiate assist on Hunzinger's second goal in the final minute of play.

>> While Westenberger has started 38 games in her career, she has spent the majority of that time keeping the ball out of the Highlanders cage.  Tonight's goals were the first of her career.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders return to Lancaster Bible tomorrow, when they will face Neumann University at 3:30 p.m.